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At Nova Sky Stories, we empower artists and producers to bring awe and wonder to live audiences around the world. As the global leader in drone entertainment, we’ve been redefining live shows for over a decade—merging cutting-edge drone technology with imaginative artistry. With a veteran team of engineers and creatives, we design and operate lightweight, small, precise, and safe drones that perform in the most demanding environments—urban centers, extreme temperatures, and high winds. The result? Sky Stories that inspire, captivate, and transform the sky into a canvas of imagination. Headquartered in the U.S. With teams across Europe and the UAE, Nova Sky Stories works with the world’s leading brands, venues, and events. Follow us: @NovaSkyStories
About the jobAs a Senior Production Manager you are a show owner, accountable for the end-to-end success of Nova’s most complex, high-profile, and non-repeatable productions — including marquee global events and brand activations.
This role owns productions from early concept development and client alignment through final delivery and closeout, serving as Nova’s primary production authority across creative, operational, logistical, financial, and client-facing dimensions. Senior Production Managers lead multidisciplinary teams, mentor and direct Junior Production Managers, and serve as the ultimate escalation point for production execution. Senior Production Managers also act as Remote Production Owners for touring shows, providing strategic oversight and guidance while Junior Production Managers lead onsite execution.
As a Senior Production Manager, you will be responsible for:
Marquee Show Ownership- Own end-to-end delivery of complex, one-off, marquee productions from concept through closeout.
- Serve as Nova’s primary production counterpart to clients, venues, and partners.
- Establish scope, expectations, schedules, and success criteria with senior client stakeholders.
- Build, manage, and close multi-six-figure to seven-figure production budgets.
- Track estimates vs. Actuals and ensure cost control, financial accuracy, and margin discipline.
- Partner with Finance and leadership on approvals, reconciliations, and post-show financial reporting.
- Partner with Creative, Design, Flight Operations, and Engineering to translate creative intent into executable production plans.
- Lead production trade-off decisions balancing creative ambition, safety, cost, and schedule.
- Oversee technical integration of drone choreography with audio, lighting, staging, broadcast, and experiential elements.
- Coordinate with Nova & Client Logistics on international and domestic logistics, including shipping, customs, power, labor, and vendor coordination.
- Lead risk planning and contingency strategies for weather, airspace, regulatory constraints, safety, and site complexity.
- Ensure compliance with aviation regulations, permitting requirements, and Nova safety standards.
- Direct Junior Production Managers and onsite teams on marquee productions.
- Serve as escalation point for touring and Fever productions as needed.
- Lead internal and external production planning meetings (PPMs), kickoffs, and debriefs.
- Own post-show reporting, lessons learned, and after-action reviews.
- Ensure production data, documentation, and reporting are completed accurately and on time.
- Contribute to the evolution of Nova’s production systems, standards, and global best practices.
- 8+ years of experience in large-scale event production, live entertainment, or experiential production.
- Proven ability to deliver complex, non-repeatable, client-facing productions from concept through close.
- Demonstrated experience managing senior creative and brand stakeholders.
- Strong operational expertise across logistics, permitting, vendor management, and onsite execution.
- Advanced production budgeting and financial management experience.
- Comfortable operating in high-pressure, high-visibility environments.
- Ability to travel extensively (domestic and international) and work flexible schedules.
- Valid international driver’s license.
- A calm, decisive leader who thrives in complexity.
- Equally fluent in creative, technical, and operational conversations.
- Highly organized, systems-minded, and accountable.
- Collaborative, clear communicator with strong client presence.
- Willing to roll up your sleeves while maintaining strategic oversight.
- Health Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid Holidays
If you’re ready to play a key role in supporting the operational backbone of a company redefining storytelling in the sky, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to help keep Nova Sky Stories flying high.
Nova Sky Stories, Utrecht, Netherlands
We are seeking an experienced, collaborative Creative Director to help advance an emerging medium for storytelling within the Sky Story industry. In this role, you will work closely with clients and partners to develop innovative, inspiring story concepts, and collaborate with our world-class Nova Design Studio to bring those ideas to life. Our work spans a range of industries, including theme parks, music, and fine art, but we are particularly interested in those with experience in cultural storytelling, such as tourism, heritage sites, and place-based narratives. You will play a key role in uniting Nova’s cross-functional teams, including engineering, operations, and finance, to push creative and technical boundaries. The Sky Story industry is still young and growing, and so there is no one-size-fits-all approach. We are open minded to finding the right individuals who can continue to grow this industry.
As a Creative Director, you will be responsible for:
- Develop creative proposals for long-term shows, installations, and residencies
- Partner directly with clients to understand objectives and translate them into compelling story-driven concepts
- Collaborate with the Nova Design Studio to develop and refine creative ideas
- Lead projects from initial concept through execution and delivery
- Align cross-functional teams to ensure creative vision, feasibility, and business goals are met
- Contribute to sales and business development efforts through pitches, decks, and creative presentations
You’ll need to have:
- 10+ years of experience in storytelling, creative entertainment, cultural preservation, or a related field
- Strong background in cultural storytelling, ideally with an anthropology, historical, or heritage-based focus
- Proven ability to lead projects from concept through completion
- Experience creating sales collateral, including pitch materials and presentations
- Open-minded, collaborative approach with a strong sense of humility and continuous learning
What defines you:
- Passionate about the creative potential of drone and emerging technologies
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate ideas
- Strong interpersonal skills and a highly team-oriented mindset
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Agile, quick learner who adapts creatively as projects evolve
- Results-driven, “can-do” attitude focused on innovative solutions and growth
- Comfortable giving and receiving constructive creative feedback
- Eager to collaborate closely with teammates, clients, and external partner
How to be successful in this role:
- Enthusiastic about the creative potential of drone technology
- Effective communication skills to articulate ideas and collaborate within teams
- Strong interpersonal skills with a team-oriented approach
- Capacity to manage priorities, multitask, and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment
- Having an efficient and structured workflow
- Strong drive to experiment and innovate
- Quick learner with agility in adapting design approaches
- A results-oriented, a "can-do" attitude with a focus on creative solutions
- Ability to provide and receive constructive, creative feedback across teams
- Willingness to collaborate closely with team members, clients, and external partners
3D Cinema 4D Expert / Drone Show Designer
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Nova Sky Stories — Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
11 days ago
As part of Nova Sky Stories we work together with other Nova designers and colleagues around the world. We are seeking a talented and imaginative Drone Sky Show Designer to contribute their expertise in designing and orchestrating captivating drone light shows. As an integral member of our team, you'll collaborate with skilled professionals to bring imaginative concepts to life through drone displays that astonish and inspire audiences. Your creative flair, combined with your experience in 3D design, will shape unforgettable experiences for our audiences.
As a Drone Sky Show Designer, you will be responsible for:
- Ideate and conceptualize innovative 3D graphics, animations, and visual narratives
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to generate concept sketches, designs, and prototypes
- Develop expressive 3D animations that convey a wide range of emotions
- Work on the creation of drone shows, from the initial concept to designing and animating show elements and scenes
- Demonstrate ownership of your work and actively contribute creative ideas to enhance our offerings and processes
- Collaborate with our creative team to expand animation capacity by recruiting and managing external resources
You’ll need to have:
- 3+ years of experience in 3D asset creation using Maxon Cinema 4D
- Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and other digital art production tools
- Ability to craft low-poly assets and experience working with MoGraph tools
How to be successful in this role:
- Enthusiastic about the creative potential of drone technology
- Effective communication skills to articulate ideas and collaborate within teams
- Strong interpersonal skills with a team-oriented approach
- Capacity to manage priorities, multitask, and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment
- Having an efficient and structured workflow
- Strong drive to experiment and innovate
- Quick learner with agility in adapting design approaches
- A results-oriented, a "can-do" attitude with a focus on creative solutions
- Ability to provide and receive constructive, creative feedback across teams
- Willingness to collaborate closely with team members, clients, and external partners
Nova Sky Stories, Utrecht, Netherlands
We are seeking an experienced Audio Engineer / Producer to lead audio production, mixing, and mastering for time-critical, large-scale drone shows and outdoor live experiences. This role operates at the intersection of creative music production and technical show execution and requires a high degree of precision, adaptability, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
As an Audio Engineer / Producer, you will be responsible for:
- Compose, produce, mix, and master original music and sound design for drone shows and large-scale outdoor productions
- Develop audio content that integrates precisely with drone flight animation, SMPTE/LTC timecode-locked show control systems, and large-format outdoor PA deployments
- Ensure frame-accurate synchronization between music, visual cues, and drone formations
- Translate creative briefs, brand guidelines, and visual narratives into cohesive, cinematic soundtracks
- Collaborate closely with creative directors, designers, producers, and technical teams throughout production, rehearsal, and delivery
- Deliver show-ready mixes and masters optimized for outdoor playback, accounting for environmental conditions and audience scale
- Maintain high technical standards for loudness consistency, dynamic range, phase coherence, and real-world playback translation
- Manage structured production workflows, including session organization, version control, revisions, and final asset delivery under tight timelines
You’ll need to have:
- Proven experience in audio production, mixing, and mastering for live events, broadcast, or large-scale experiential projects
- Advanced proficiency in Pro Tools as a primary production and delivery environment
- Working proficiency in Ableton Live, Logic Pro, and/or FL Studio
- Demonstrated experience with SMPTE/LTC timecode workflows, including synchronization, testing, and validation
- Strong understanding of outdoor PA systems, long-throw playback behavior, and environmental factors affecting sound reproduction
- Experience delivering audio assets for front-of-house playback, redundant playback systems, and pre-programmed show playback engines
- Fluent spoken and written English (primary working language)
Nice to have:
- Background in film scoring, commercial music, or narrative-driven music production
- Experience on large-scale live events, theme parks, or permanent installations
- Dutch language skills
- Arabic language skills
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